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PRIVATE RANCHOS.
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been granted or occupied during the decade number about 95, the population of which, at the end, as already noted, was about 550 souls, or about one third


    J. and S. Williams cl. Arroyo de la Purísima, see Cañada Verde. Arroyo del Rodeo (Sta Cruz Co.), 1¼ l., 1834, Fran. Rodriguez; J. Hames et al. cl., Arroyo Seco, 4 l., 1849, Joaquin de la Torre, who was cl. Ballena, see Rincon de Ballena. Bolsa Nuera y Moro Cojo, 8 l., 1825, 1836-7, 1844, Simeon Castro; M. Antonia Pico de Castro, cl. Bolsa del Pájaro (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 l., 1837, Sebastian Rodriguez, who was cl. Bolsa, see also S. Cayetano, S. Felipe, Escorpinas, and Chamisal. Brea, see Ánimas. Buena Esperanza, see Encinal. Buenavista, 2 l., 1822-3, Santiago and José Mariano Estrada; Mariano Malarin, Attorney for Estrada, and David Spence cl. The Estrada brothers with families, 34 persons, lived here in 1836. Butano (Sta Cruz Co.), 1 l., 1838, 1844, Ramona Sanchez; M. Rodriguez cl. Calabazas, see Cañada de C. Cañada Honda, 1835, Angel Ramirez. Leg. Rec., MS., ii. 223; Mont., Actas del Ayunt., MS., 114. Not brought before the L. C. Cañada de S. Felipe y las Ánimas, 1839, Thomas Bowen; C. M. Weber cl. Cañada de la Segunda, 1 l., 1839, Lázaro Soto; A. Randall et al. cl. Cañada Verde, 1836, mentioned by Janssens, Vida, MS., 67-8, as having been granted by Gov. Chico to Francisco Castillo Negrete, but the grant was not completed on account of the political troubles. Cañada Verde y Arroyo de la Purísima (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 l., 1838, José M. Alviso; J. A. Alviso cl.; Carbonera (Sta Cruz Co.), ½ l., 1838, Wm Buckle, who was cl. Carneros, 1 l., 1834. David Littlejohin, whose heirs were cl. *Chamizal, 1 l., 1835, Felipe Vasquez, whose heirs were cl. Approved by the ayunt. in 1835. Chamizal (Bolsa de), 1837, Francisco Quijada; L. T. Burton cl. Chualar (Sta Rosa de), 2 l., 1839, Juan Malarin, whose executor was cl. Joaquin and Francisco Estrada with 2 servants lived on the rancho in 1836. *Corral de Padilla, 2,000 v., 1836, Baldomero; M. Antonia Pico de Castro cl. Corral de Tierra, 1836, Guadalupe Figueroa; H. D. McCobb cl. Corralitos (Sta Cruz Co.) not yet granted, but occupied in 1836 by Ignacio Coronel and family, 12 persons in all. Encinal y Buena Esperanza, 3 l., 1834, 1839, David Spence, who was cl. Vicente Félix as majordomo with 5 others living here in 1836. Escorpinas (Escarpinas or Escorpiones?) 2 l., 1837, Salvador Espinosa, who was cl. *Espíritu Santo (Loma), 1839, M. del E. S. Carrillo, who was cl. Los Gatos, or Sta Rita, 1 l., 1820, 1837, José Trinidad Espinosa, whose heirs were cl. Guadalupe, 1840, D. Olivera and T. Arellanes, who were cl. Guadalupe or Llanito de los Correos, 2 l., 1833, Juan Malarin, whose executor was cl.; occupied in 1836 by Guadalupe Cantua as majordomo and 8 persons. Laguna, see Arroyo de la L. Laguna de las Calabazas (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 l. 1833, Felipe Hernandez; C. Morse, cl. Laguna Seca, 1½ l., 1834, C. M. de Munrás, who was cl.; occupied in 1836 by Teodoro Moreno as majordomo and 6 others. Laureles, 1½ l., 1839, J. M. Boronda et al., who were cl.; the grant of Cañada de Laureles to José Ant. Romero was approred by the ayunt. in 1835. Llagas, 6 l., 1834, Carlos Castro; Murphy cl. (Sta Clara Co.), Cárlos and Guillermo Castro with 11 other persons lived on the rancho in 1836. Llano de Tequisquite, ½ l., 1835, J. M. Sanchez, who was cl. Llano, see Buenavista. Llanito, see Guadalupe. Loma, see Espíritu Santo. Milpitas, 1838, Ignacio Pastor, who was cl. Moro Cojo, see Bolsa Nueva. Rancho Nacional, 2 l., 1839, Vicente Cantua who was cl.; occupied in 1836 by Francisco Mesa as majordomo and 7 others. The Huerta de la Nacion was asked for in 1835 by Capt. J. A. Muñoz, and approved by the ayunt. Natividad, 2 l., 1837, Manuel Butron and Nicolás Alviso; Ramon Butron et al. cl. M. Burton and others, 29 in all, lived on the rancho in 1836. Noche Buena (Huerta de la Nacion?), 1 l., 1835, José Ant. Muñoz; José and Jaime de Puig Monmany (?) cl. Ojitos, see Poza. Pájaro, see Vega del Rio; also Bolsa del P. Palo de Yesca, see Shoquel. Parage de Sanchez, 1½ l., 1839, Francisco Lugo; Juana Briones de Lugo cl. Patrocinio (Alisal?), occu-